perlubet

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πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

perlŭbet: v. perlibet.

Latin > German (Georges)

per-lubet, uit, ēre, es beliebt sehr, ich habe große Lust usw., sed istuc periculum perlubet quod fuerit vobis scire, Plaut. rud. 353: perlubet hunc hominem colloqui, Plaut. capt. 833.